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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Roland, town, others, lord), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75339:14:81 # text = When they were near the town, Turpin the Archbishop came forth from the gates to meet them with a great company of bishops and priests and others giving thanks to God that their lord the King was come again to Paris. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Turpin Turpin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Archbishop Archbishop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 forth forth ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 bishops bishop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 29 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 30 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Paris Paris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Roland | | | the town | | Turpin *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the town | | | the gates | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from gate=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the town *not said here* | Roland | | | | with a great company of bishops and priests and others | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Theme with company=Instrument | | 4 | **give** | gerund | others *not said here* | thanks | God | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme to god=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | Roland's lord | thanks *not said here* | Paris | | again | come *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Project Gutenberg book 75339 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/82/) - ↑ back to [How Ralph Entertained the King](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/)